Tough Computers for Tough Geeks

For a laptop to be deemed ‘tough’, it not only has to be difficult to break, but it also has to be difficult to hack. Tough hardware and tough software make the GETAC M220, (ahem) tough. The actual OS is still Windows XP, but the MobileForce M220 Enova's X-Wall Encrypted Technology keeps your unwanted people where you want them to be. The security is on a hardware level, basically a 5 digit password that must be entered pre-boot. Sounds secure, but what I really like is the fact that taking the hard drive out and connecting it to another computer isn’t your loophole, the other computer will read the drive as unformatted!! You can drop this laptop off the back end of a truck, use it in the rain, check email at 130 degree F conditions, and order it with a touch screen. But the single most important thing on my computers is the data, it’s the only thing that’s not replaceable. I sure would like to test this baby out in the rain though.

posted by: feeling entropy